Author: Rifumo Mdaka

The cat is out of the bag and ready to bite into the Apple – Spotify will announce its South Africa plans as early as next week Update 12 Mar. Don’t know if it was all the buzz or if it was always a part of the plan but Spotify is here a day earlier….

If the music business is Dragon Ball Z, Nakhane’s “Interloper” is the penultimate phase to his Super Saiyan form It’s finally happening. Nakhane’s first full-length album since 2013’s Brave Confusion is on the horizon. It’s called You Will Die and it arrives in ten days (16 Mar.). In the build-up to its release, Nakhane has shared the…

From No Pressure to AmaLevels, Neo is setting the scene for what how he hopes to change hip hop You may or may not have heard of this guy before today but after this you won’t want to forget his name. And it’s a simple name: Neo. And he offers a simple proposal: vibrate at…

South Africa and Naija mash-up for “Check On You,” the new single by Cassper Nyovest featuring Davido It started with a screenshot of a FaceTime call shared on Twitter. “Me and .@iam_Davido dropping something in the morning at 9am. Lookout,” the tweet reads. Me and .@iam_Davido dropping something in the morning at 9am. Lookout pic.twitter.com/MDIpbViK0h…

Black Panther: The Album’s local collaborators, Saudi, Sjava, Yugen Blakrok and Tumelo Ruele talk South African music on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Radio show It’s no secret that the best tracks on Black Panther: The Album are all the ones featuring South African acts – so much so, they make it into the Billboard Hot 100….

In the age of Wakanda, Lasta understands the importance of going “Back to the Future” I recently had a conversation with a friend about what Afrofuturism really means. I have no clear idea. And I also have yet to watch Black Panther but I have watched Lasta’s “Back to the Future” and I believe that some…

Thesis prepares for the release of a new EP with “Iphupha” The first time I saw Ondela Simakuhle and Ayanda Charlie perform was back in 2014. The first song they performed on that night at a University of Cape Town res rec room was, “Iphupha.” Since then, the vocal duo known as Thesis have been performing…

With “Eat My Ass,” Gyre takes back his own power with the one thing DL men think they’ve conquered Forgive me. You’re going to hit several preambles before I get to the point but I promise it all matters. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably read K. Sello Duiker’s The Quiet Violence of Dreams before. In…

For “Move!,” Batuk brings out all its colour highlighters to shine a light on a criminally underrated era If you don’t already know, there’s a Maputo-Joburg mashup known as Batuk and they’re mission is a simple one: make music for the ages that will both educate and transport music lovers – that’s everyone of you…

Langa Mavuso is easily one of the most critical acts to watch in 2018 so we stole a moment of his time at the Ray-Ban Reinvention on Air sessions in Rosebank If you’re living in Johannesburg and have an appreciation for good music, the newly formed Ray-Ban Reinvention On Air sessions in Rosebank are just the…